Main
Chang-Yu Chang 張昌祐
My research interest lies in the intersection of systems biology and microbial community ecology and evolution. I combine theory and experiment to study how microbial communites assemble and evovle.
Education
PhD. Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Yale University
New Haven, CT
now - 2017
- Predicting microbial commnity assembly and function under selection
- Advisor: Dr. Alvaro Sanchez
B.S. in Life Science and M.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
2017 - 2011
- Math and computational courses oriented
- Insect behavior ecology and evolutionary game theory
Selected Publications
Engineering complex communities by directed evolution1
Nature Ecology and Evolution
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2021
- Developed computational tool to simulate community selection
Artificially selecting bacterial communities using propagule strategies2
Evolution
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2020
- Empirical work on artificially selecting bacterial communities
- Conducted high-throughput experiment and community phenotyping
Fellowship
Government Fellowship for Oversea Study
Taiwan Ministry of Education
N/A
2020 - 2017
- $42000 per year for three years
Referees
Dr. Maria Rebolleda-Gomez, Assistant Professor
University of California, Irvine
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